Since my lack of success with Picasa to create something with pictures that I can embed onto my blog, I took a small break...Today, I felt I could try again with Flickr.
I signed up an account using my Gmail and I uploaded some pictures from my Europe trip last year. I created a "set" for my Florence highlights and it bundles it up into a group. I can watch a slideshow of these pictures AND embed them onto my blog as a slideshow to share:
I'm feeling rather smug at the moment because I was able to do this! The ability to create sets of slideshows that can be embedded or shared via a link/email makes it a lot more useful than Picasa in that sense. I can even link my blog to the website so I can do it right there when I upload a picture!
The free account allows 2 videos and 300MB worth of photos per month. So, it does have its limitations in that sense. I would have to go Pro if I want to have no restrictions to this service to upload photos onto the website and it doesn't seem to cost that much.
I can also determine whether I want to share the photos with the public or privately with people I know. I can also join groups and create groups. There is an option to print the pictures or create calendars and such as well! Quite varied in services. It's an entire community.
However, it's kind of scary to see that Flickr is able to determine when and where I took the photos and with what device...If you're ok with that then it's all right.
Enjoy!
Good job Tammy! I was also able to get a slideshow going on the site I have developed for our library (I use wordpress). It feels good, doesn't it!
ReplyDeleteI like Flickr as it does seem to have a lot of features. However I am also a little concerned with the free account, mostly that if I don't do anything with the account over the summer, for example, I could lost everything I have there.
Despite that, though, I can totally see me using this with students and staff.
Good playing around with some new tools this week. Your demonstration of your new learning and new skills was great. Glad you got some success with flickr.
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